CVE-2020-7294
Web Gateway (MWG) - Privilege Escalation vulnerability
Privilege Escalation vulnerability in McAfee Web Gateway (MWG) prior to 9.2.1 allows authenticated user interface user to delete or download protected files via improper access controls in the REST interface.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Adjacent network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Web Gateway (MWG) - Privilege Escalation vulnerability
Privilege Escalation vulnerability in McAfee Web Gateway (MWG) prior to 9.2.1 allows authenticated user interface user to delete or download protected files via improper access controls in the REST interface.
- Record
CVE-2020-7294- CVSS 3.1
- 4.6 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-287
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2020-28421
Privilege Escalation vulnerability in McAfee Web Gateway (MWG) prior to 9.2.1 allows authenticated user interface user to delete or download protected files via improper access controls in the REST interface.
- Record
EUVD-2020-28421- CVSS 3.1
- 4.6 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-m6xf-x3pm-6ffw No score
Privilege Escalation vulnerability in McAfee Web Gateway (MWG) prior to 9.2.1 allows...
Privilege Escalation vulnerability in McAfee Web Gateway (MWG) prior to 9.2.1 allows authenticated user interface user to delete or download protected files via improper access controls in the REST interface.
- Record
GHSA-m6xf-x3pm-6ffw- Weakness
- CWE-287
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
Privilege Escalation vulnerability in McAfee Web Gateway (MWG) prior to 9.2.1 allows authenticated user interface user to delete or download protected files via improper access controls in the REST interface.
- Record
CVE-2020-7294- CVSS 3.1
- 4.6 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 4.1 Medium
AV:A/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-287
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases, products | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2020-7294 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.6) in Mcafee Web Gateway (mwg), published September 15, 2020. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.39%, the 33rd percentile. No source names a fixed version.